"Tagline Guru" survey has 'Big Apple" number one nickname

[carole crompton]

and what about my hometown, La La Land?
On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 07:16 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> At 9:00 AM -0400 9/21/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>> The well-known moniker, "The Big Apple," was ranked #1 out of nearly
>> 800 city
>>  nicknames, followed by "Sin City" (Las Vegas); "The Big Easy" (New
>> Orleans);
>>  "Motor City" (Detroit); and "The Windy City" (Chicago).
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>> Highlighted  Links
>> _Full Survey Results _
>> (http://www.marketwire.com/mw/
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>> _Award  Winners_
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>> Rankings were based on whether slogans and nicknames expressed a
>> city's brand
>>  character and personality; told a story in a clever, original, and
>> memorable
>>  way; and inspired others to visit there, move there, or learn more.
>> For a list of the 50 top-ranked slogans and 50 top-ranked nicknames,
>> and the
>> criteria and methodology used to select them, go to
>> _www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html_
>> (http://www.taglineguru.com/citymottosmonikers.html)
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> Hey, they left out New Haven, the Elm City.  Yes, all our elms died
> off, but why should that be held against us?  Granted, it's not as
> poetic as Porkopolis or The Protestant Vatican, but...
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